Hi, I'm currently renovating a house which has some cracks in the walls. I'm no structural engineer so would like some expert opinions.
The house is a semi-detached 50 year old ex-council house. Generally the build quality is poor. The dividing walls between the bedrooms are made from light breeze block directly on the floorboards, and so are not built upon walls below.
The crack in question has been filled in many times in the past, however this does not properly cure it. The crack is where one of the dividing walls, light breezeblock, meet the chimney brest. I don't think that the two walls are properly tied to each other, could this be the case?
There are also cracks in many of the ceilings, where the different sections of plasterboard meet.
Any help would be gratefully accepted,
Thanks in advance,
Matt.
I appreciate that this is difficult to visualize so i have included so pictures....
Wide view of crack...
Crack, close up....
Crack, another view...
Example of crack in ceiling....
The house is a semi-detached 50 year old ex-council house. Generally the build quality is poor. The dividing walls between the bedrooms are made from light breeze block directly on the floorboards, and so are not built upon walls below.
The crack in question has been filled in many times in the past, however this does not properly cure it. The crack is where one of the dividing walls, light breezeblock, meet the chimney brest. I don't think that the two walls are properly tied to each other, could this be the case?
There are also cracks in many of the ceilings, where the different sections of plasterboard meet.
Any help would be gratefully accepted,
Thanks in advance,
Matt.
I appreciate that this is difficult to visualize so i have included so pictures....
Wide view of crack...
Crack, close up....
Crack, another view...
Example of crack in ceiling....